A Grand Haven teenager received an award for heroism for rescuing a boy drowning in Lake Michigan last year.

Alexander J. Whitney, then 17, saved a 16-year-old boy who was pulled out by a strong current on Aug. 3, 2009. He will receive a medal and $6,000 from the Carnegie Hero Fund, instituted by steel baron Andrew Carnegie.

Other Michigan recipients included Corey Saladin of Reed City, who saved two young girls from drowning in the Gulf of Mexico, and Keith Sampson and Kristine Kelly Keaton of Flint, who helped rescue a family from an attacking dog.